Die drei Männlein im Walde
(The Three Little Men in the Woods)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a girl. Her stepmother did not like her. The stepmother said: go into the snow.
Bring me a red rose. The girl went. She saw three little men in the snow.
They said: we will help you. They gave her a red rose. The stepmother was angry.
The girl went again. The little men gave her gold and silver. The sister went too.
She was rude. The little men said: a toad in your mouth. The sister came home.
A toad sat on her lip. She could not speak. The good girl was kind.
The toad jumped away. And the sister was quiet.
More tales
- Der Froschkönig (The Frog King)
- Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft (The Cat and Mouse in Partnership)
- Marienkind (Our Lady's Child)
- Märchen von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen (The Story of the Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear)
- Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein (The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats)
- Der treue Johannes (The Faithful Johannes)